STAND. COM. REP. NO.186

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1323

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 1323 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to repair and properly maintain Kailua Reservoir, including the repair and maintenance (R&M) of the reservoir's overflow control valve.

Several individuals testified in support of this bill. The Waimanalo Neighborhood Board supported the intent of this bill. DOA and DLNR submitted comments on the measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Requiring only DLNR to repair and properly maintain the Kailua Reservoir, including the R&M of the reservoir's overflow control valve;

(2) Stipulating that DLNR contract with a private individual, entity, or community-based organization for the R&M of Kailua Reservoir;

(3) Providing an appropriation for an unspecified amount to DOA contract for the R&M of Kailua Reservoir; and

(4) Requiring DLNR to submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2002 on the actions taken with regard to the R&M of Kailua Reservoir; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1323, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1323, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water and Land Use.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

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FELIPE P. ABINSAY, Chair